Official Cup

ELLAND ROAD
Spectators: 144 (Terracing: 109, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) Edvaldo Medeiros made a fantastic save in the 7th minute, when 任志克 sent off a good shot on target. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Londrina's goalie and right to Diego Armando Santirso. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Londrina's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. After 14 played minutes Londrina got a freekick which was hit by Luís Fabiano Paraíba. After taking down the ball on Kaplan's corner 任志克 fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Edvaldo Medeiros quite easily take care of the ball. Edvaldo Medeiros showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 任志克, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. 25 minutes in the game, Pascual Burni fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Edvaldo Medeiros having to interfere. With an all-out effort, Kaplan's Edvaldo Medeiros threw himself towards the right post 28 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from 任志克, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. With a little luck, Londrina's Edvaldo Medeiros got control of the ball when 任志克 tried to sneak it across the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers 任志克 in the 36th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Edvaldo Medeiros saved Londrina from getting behind. Londrina's Edvaldo Medeiros played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 任志克 in the 38th minute of play. When Kaplan's 任志克 in the 39th minute got a chance for a shot 39th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Londrina's goalie prevented a goal. Diego Armando Santirso's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Edvaldo Medeiros firmly grabbed it by the left post. Luís Fabiano Paraíba charged in rather forcefully in the 42nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Luís Fabiano Paraíba the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Kaplan booed when Londrina was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. Luís Fabiano Paraíba didn't get a good kick on the ball. Edvaldo Medeiros showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luciano Victoro in the 45th minute of the match. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. 任志克 was the one to do the kick off. In the 53rdth minute of the game 任志克 who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Londrina's Edvaldo Medeiros was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 任志克 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Edvaldo Medeiros having to interfere. Edvaldo Medeiros showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Diego Armando Santirso in the 55th minute of the match. In the 57th minute 任志克 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Edvaldo Medeiros saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by 任志克 in the 58th minute of play forced Londrina's goalkeeper Edvaldo Medeiros to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kaplan made a substitution. Damião Granja replaced Luciano Victoro. 64 minutes into the match, Kaplan's Damião Granja sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Edvaldo Medeiros narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Edvaldo Medeiros showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Diego Armando Santirso, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. The supporters of Londrina booed when Kaplan was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Diego Armando Santirso didn't get a good kick on the ball. Teodosio Erramu made in the 72nd minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Diego Armando Santirso however managed to control. Edvaldo Medeiros took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pascual Burni, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Edvaldo Medeiros showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Diego Armando Santirso, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. The audience was convinced that Damião Granja's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Edvaldo Medeiros was relentless in the 77th minute of the game. Londrina's Edvaldo Medeiros played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 任志克 in the 78th minute of play. Edvaldo Medeiros took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Diego Armando Santirso, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Diego Armando Santirso took the ball and in the 82 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Edvaldo Medeiros. Edvaldo Medeiros dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. In the 84th minute 任志克 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Edvaldo Medeiros saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Edvaldo Medeiros made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Damião Granja in the 85th minute of play. Edvaldo Medeiros showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Diego Armando Santirso, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. 88 minutes had been played when some careless play by Londrina's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. 任志克 was slow to take the kick. During this time Kaplan's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in 任志克 almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Londrina's Edvaldo Medeiros did a great save. With a couple of smart ball manuevers 任志克 in the 89th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Edvaldo Medeiros saved Londrina from getting behind. Patrick Perez's late challenge caught a Kaplan's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Patrick Perez helped the player get up and apologised. Patrick Perez kicked well hit freekick during the 90th minute of the match. Londrina made a substitution. Delfim Leal replaced Patrick Perez. When the referee ended the match the Kaplan players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.